"Du väna barn, kom, följ mig åt! Av mig får du lära mång lek och låt. Av brokiga blommor står stranden full, min moder skall klä dig i skrudar av gull."

Vem rider så sent i stormens dån? En fader det är med sin späde son. Och gossen har det så gott på hans arm: den känns så fast, och hans famn är varm.

Min son, varför döljer du rädd din syn - Älvkungen, far, där i skogens bryn, älvkungen med krona och släp du väl ser? - Ett töcken, min son, och intet mer!

- Min far, min far, du hör väl ändå, vad älvakungen lovar mig få? - Var lugn, var lugn, min älskade pilt! i vissna löven susar det milt.

"Kom, fagra gosse, kom följ mig blott! Mina döttrar vårda dig ömt och gott. Mina döttrar, de svinga i ring var natt och vagga och söva dig in min skatt."

- Min far, min far, du ser då väl nog älvkungens döttrar i dyster skog? - Min son, min son, nu ser jag det gott: de gamla pilar skymta så grått.

- "Din fägring mig lockar, jag har dig så kär, jag tar dig med våld, om ej villig du är." - Min far, min far, han hårt i mig tar, älvkungen gjort mig så illa, far!

Sin häst han rysande sporrar i hast och håller det kvidande barnet fast. Sin gård omsider når han med nöd. Då låg i hans armar gossen död.

I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany.

Childfree women are actually great assets to the planet. Our carbon footprint is smaller than a mom's! And we have enough money to write checks to organizations that help kids get vaccinations, vitamins, and educations yet have plenty of free time to advise your daughter that one day she will regret piercing her lip.

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.

It's funny, people don't think of 'Cloverfield' as being restrained because it's a handycam movie, but the only reason it's a handycam movie is because that was supposed to be the reality of the situation.

I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling.

Let's get one thing straight - there is a big difference between a quitter and someone who gives up. Unfortunately, I have the right to make this claim because I fit into the category of 'quitter.'

I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.

I want every child in America to eat a nutritious, delicious, sustainably sourced school lunch for free.

I met Drew Barrymore, and she was so cool. She told me, 'I know I just had my baby three weeks ago, and that's why I'm emotional, but I cried when you performed.' And then she pulled out a tissue and said, 'Look, I was sobbing.'

You have to believe in yourself, that you're gonna succeed.

The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're probably getting, as a general theme from me, that I don't make a lot of broad, sweeping rules about movies.

You know more than you think you do.

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

Faith comes from within.

We are living in a computer programmed reality and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is changed and some alteration in reality occurs. We have the overwhelming impression that we were reliving the present deja vu.

If you're having problems with someone on the Internet, simply block the person and move on. And if you do want to meet people from online, make sure you do your research to make sure you're talking to the person you want to be talking to.

No, I think I used to be pretty superstitious about certain things, but I'm really not anymore. As long as I have everything is in order and I have my things as far as the match goes, shooting I'm fine. But I really don't.

To get away well is so very much And to get away well is often so very difficult

Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.